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The Anchorage Museum library includes books, maps, and print resources focused on Alaska and the Circumpolar North. The public is welcome to access the collection and conduct research on-site during open hours, or by appointment.
The Anchorage Museum archives include historic photographs and print materials covering a broad range of topics related to Alaska and the Circumpolar North. Some materials are available online, while others are available for detailed research on site at the Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center.
B1979.002.2.936
from verso: Snow (removal) Rotary in action [removing snow from railroad tracks]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1979.002.10135
from verso: Snow & Ice (snow removal) Rotary at Curry 1-12-49 [rotary snow removal equipment at station; structure in background]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1647.5
(Merrill Field in winter) [snow plow on air strip conducting snow removal]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1647.6
(Merrill Field in winter) [snow plow on air strip conducting snow removal]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.97.7
[road grader removing snow from road in foreground, Quonset huts and buildings behind, mountains and clouds in distance, Adak]
Keywords: military, snow removal
Collection: B1995.014
B1979.002.2930
from verso: Snow (removal); snow fleet in action - 1949, Alaska Railroad [train engines clear snow from tracks on a bend]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1580.1
[snow removal on railroad tracks at Curry Hotel and Alaska Railroad depot, water tower visible behind snow plow and plume of snow]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1434
14. Snow plows, Alaska R.R. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [snow removal on the Alaska Railroad]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.10131
from verso: Snow & Ice (snow removal) [men work near tracked vehicles overturned alongside railroad tracks]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1989.016.1647.7
(Merrill Field in winter) [man on tractor conducting snow removal, with hangar building in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.675.2
70. Snow-shed along "Loop". Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [snow shed over tracks on Alaska Railroad in Loop area]
Keywords: snow removal
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.86.1
Truck going to Wonder Lake [snow removal on road, two soldiers standing behind vehicle, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1986.096.290
[Public Works. Man standing next to truck, front loader dumping snow into dump truck at right, snow removal, Anchorage, winter, 1960s]
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B1989.016.2197.4
The snow scraper, Front St., Nome, Alaska. Lomen Bros #1126 [Pair of horses pulls a plow along snow-covered city street between buildings; Nome Fire Dept. building on left; Sheldon Hotel on right. copy neg, original caption cropped from image]
Keywords: snow removal
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1546
S63 Snow removal on Alaskan air port (S99 Clearing Alaskan highways and air fields) [same as .1545, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2017.011.172
Alaska ’48 – Glen Highway, a raging torrent when snows melt [scenic of riverbed on Glenn Highway. Removed from broken mount]
Keywords: Glenn Highway, Glenn HWY, Glenn Hwy, Highway, View, Scenic, Riverbed, Torrent, Mountain, Range
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.1647.8
(Merrill Field in winter) [man on tractor conducting snow removal near small airplanes parked outside hangar buildings, another man walking in snow at right, control tower in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.35.11
[snow plow clearing road in mountainous area]
Keywords: winter, roads, snow removal
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.94.12
[two tractors clearing deep snow from road, dog in foreground, Adak?]
Keywords: military, animals, snow removal
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.2141.55
(D-73?) [winter street scene, with two men on tractor clearing snow, one man shoveling driveway, one man on ladder clearing building roof, signs for businesses Seattle Rooming House and Pioneer Stables, Fairbanks? circa 1900-1910?]
Keywords: snow removal, communications, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.2.7329
from verso: Mile 314, snow removal; snowfleet: Mike Deegan, Eng., Carl Lange; Fir., Rotary 1; Logan Stipp, Engr, Bob Lewis, Fir, Engine 280; Dan Daxon, Engr, Howard Johnson, Fir, Eng 266; Conductor Jack Dillon, Pilot, Shorty Long; Brakemen: Joe Axe, Cases Jones; Not sure of year, 1927(?) Noel W. Smith was general manager; from Howard Johnson" [Alaska Railroad engines clear snow]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1995.014.86.4
Truck going to Wonder Lake [military vehicles with soldiers and supplies stopped on winter road, snowplow at head of convoy, mountains in distance]
Keywords: transportation, snow removal
Collection: B1995.014